In the United States, there is a right to have an abortion. The right to have an abortion affects not only women, but everyone. Some believe that the act of having an abortion is murder, yet, others do not believe anything to be wrong with abortion. The act of abortion has been an issue for many years. Is abortion “murder,” or is murder off the table, since the fetus is too young for developmental stages. Women of all ages have the right to abortion; yet should it be legal? Abortion is a significant topic, because many do not know whether they are killing an actual living being or not. The answer is not white and black. The fetus will become a person one day, but having an abortion would destroy the fetus, stopping its growth. In the US, …show more content…
Another procedure for abortion is the dilation and evacuation procedure. Dilation and evacuation is a surgical procedure usually performed after a 16-week gestation period. Normally, 24 hours before the procedure, a doctor inserts a synthetic dilator (laminaria) inside the patient’s cervix. Next, after the 24-hour period is over, the doctor treats the patient with a tenaculum. The tenaculum holds the uterus and cervix in place, thus continuing the dilation process. Then, the doctor inserts medication into the cervix to apply numbness. Prior to applying the medication for numbness, the caregiver injects the patient to make sure that the fetus dies. The cannula removes tissue along the parietal layer (tissue lining the cavity). A curette, is a spoon shaped instrument used to remove any remaining tissue lining the cavity after use of the cannula. The last step of this procedure ends with suction (the removal of the fetus). The patient receives an antibiotic to prevent infection. This procedure only lasts for about 30 minutes. Certain side effects are cramping, nausea, and bleeding that usually lasts for two weeks after the procedure. Other, uncommon, side effects may occur, such as damage to the uterus or cervix, uterine perforation, blood clots, and infection. (“Surgical Abortion Procedures: Types, Side Effects and Risks” 2017).
After 21 weeks of gestation, the process of a procedure known as dilation and extraction
Second trimester procedure: is known as dilation and evacuation in which doctors dilates the cervix and remove the fetus.
As of today, there are two types of abortions; spontaneous abortion and surgical abortion. A spontaneous abortion-otherwise known as a miscarriage-is the involuntary type of abortion. It is defined as a non induced fetal death, before 20 weeks gestation. There are a number of causes of spontaneous abortions, such as chromosomal or genetic abnormalities, malformations of the body or the unhealthy diet of the mother such as alcohol or drug use. This type of abortion occurs between 10 to 15 percent of all pregnancies among American women (Dulay, A. T. 2017). As for surgical abortion, a procedure performed in order to remove the unborn child and placenta from the mother's uterus. Unlike the spontaneous abortion, this type of abortion does not end on its own. “Surgical abortions involve dilating the opening to the uterus (cervix) and placing a small suction tube into the uterus. Suction is used to remove the fetus and related pregnancy material from the uterus (Jacobson, J 2016).” It is so sickening that these lives taken in such a disgusting way. The baby's limbs are literally being torn apart in this procedure. I can't imagine the pain the child must be in! So many people hope and wish to someday carry a child of their own and there are mothers out there who don't want the child they made. In fact, according
Abortion is a controversial topic that has snaked its way through our nation. Some people claim that a “woman's decision about her own body is paramount”, while others believe that a “baby's life trumps all.” Pro-abortion and anti-abortion individuals have never achieved solidarity. People who support anti-abortion disregard a woman’s reason for having one and how having a child may affect their life. Society is focused on a life that has not seen the world. They don’t realize that a woman may not be financially stable, mentally stable, or healthy enough to bear a child. All three articles capture the idea that women should have the right to an abortion.
“And if we accept that a mother can kill even her own child, how can we tell other people not to kill one another?” a famous quote by Mother Teresa. Abortion is most definitely murder. If someone murders a pregnant woman and both her and the baby dies then it is considered a double homicide. This shows the unborn baby in the womb is legally classified as a life. Ronald Reagan said, “I’ve noticed that everyone who is for abortion has already been born.” I strongly believe this statement to be true. Many people don’t think twice about aborting a baby they just don’t want their lifestyle to be hindered so without really thinking about the pain and suffering that baby is going to go through they decide to end its life. In a short abortion documentary video Jim Boyd, a member of the Florida House of Representatives, asked Alisa LaPolt Snow from Planned Parenthood if a baby is born on a table as a result of a botched abortion what Planned Parenthood would want to happen to that child whom is struggling for life.
Poor, illegal, and having just become a teenage parent four years prior, my mother faced a difficult decision to make. Should she continue struggling through life as a single parent of two children or walk down to the local abortion clinic and make life a little easier for herself? Having had the fear of the Almighty One instilled in her from a very young age and taught the importance of every life, my mother made a choice that lead to my birth. Just like my mother, many women--both young and old--face very difficult decisions to make when a pregnancy occurs. “Will I have enough money to support a child?” “What if the baby has developmental issues?” “How can I have a baby that came from being raped?” These are all questions and circumstances that trouble many women in the U.S. and has lead to the controversial topic of the legality of abortion in our country. Based on my own personal beliefs and values, I believe that abortions should not be legal but, at the same time, no one should govern what a person decides to do with their body.
There are two different types of abortions. If in the first trimester the patient would likely have a vacuum aspiration. Vacuum or suction aspiration uses aspiration to remove uterine contents through the cervix. If a women is her second trimester meaning that it’s been more than 13 weeks since your last menstrual period, she will likely have a dilation and evacuation which involves removing the fetal and placental tissue with a combination of suction and instruments. A small number of
In her Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech, Mother Teresa states: “The greatest destroyer of peace in the world today is the cry of the innocent unborn child… To me, the nations that have legalized abortion, they are the poorest nations” (Mother Teresa - Acceptance Speech). Abortion is one of the most controversial social justice issues facing the world today. A woman facing an unplanned pregnancy chooses to end the life of her preborn child by means of abortive pills or surgery. Several nations have legalized this depriving an unborn child of his or her right to life. These nations justify their decision by saying that a woman deserves to choose what she does with her body. Since it can cause serious health concerns for the mother, and pro-life alternatives exist, abortion should be illegal so as to not deprive anyone of their right to life.
Every woman believes in women rights, freedom of choice, and control over their own body but women are not able to determine if those rights include a second person. In our society including the women bashes people who believes in Abortions. In April 1992, the U.S. Supreme Court Case Planned Parenthood v. Casey threatened to strictly restrict women access to abortion. It than lead-up to a mass protest planned for Washington, D.C. that month. For years there has been a great debate if abortion should be legal or not. Abortion is defined as the deliberate termination of human pregnancy, most often performed during the first 28 weeks of pregnancy. There are many reasons why women get abortions such as rape, their finical stability, the pregnancy was a mistake or birth control failure. resulting in an unwanted pregnancy, the women could be on drugs which could result in the baby being born with a birth defect. Lastly a woman continuing with the pregnancy could suffer from mental or psychical problems that could endanger the women the women of the pregnancy. Society have many views on pregnancy. Many people are for it and many people are against it. Did you know that each year almost 1.2 million Americans women have abortions, in result each year there are many riots and protest because of the abortions? To many people abortion is murder but murder is not a moral principal that the people who are against abortion stand by. It’s hard to make a moral judgement about what one does especially if you do not have a moral standard you stand by. The best way to handle abortions in society is to allow every woman to be entitled to their own decision with their body when it comes their body, but everyone handles the topic abortion differently. Everyone have a different view on abortion and because of that there have been many violent acts.
Abortion is a controversial and sensitive problem occurring in today’s society. Multiple people argue constantly whether or not abortion should be allowed. In the United States it is legal to abort a baby up until the day of birth. Some people believe abortion is murder, while others believe it is a free choice of each person. Abortion refers to the termination of a pregnancy by removing or expelling the fetus or embryo from the uterus before it is ready for birth. The United States Supreme Court ratified the legalization of abortion in an effort to make the procedure safer; this was done through the Roe vs. Wade decision of 1973. Throughout many years of American history, abortion has been a very controversial subject. Abortion should be illegal because a fetus is a human being, which means it is murder, and therefore, abortion is a crime. The debate over the legal and ethical viability of abortion has been complicated in defining whether a developing embryo can be equal with human life.
Imagine a world cancer-free, where you do not have to see your loved ones suffer from an incurable disease. Any child has the potential to find a cure or to be a future President of the United States. However, if that child is killed before he or she gets the chance to live and fulfill all of their hopes and dreams, then the world may be without another extravagant human being. A woman has this magnificent ability to give birth to another human being, and it should be illegal for a woman to have an abortion because it is murder, she is taking away a human’s right to live, and an unborn child is in a significant amount of pain during the procedure that kills them.
Abortion is the removal of a fetus from the uterus before the fetus is mature enough to live on its own. It has been a very controversial topic for almost half a century. Should abortion be legalized? People all over the world have different opinions and is debated worldwide. Different states have different laws on abortion. Each year, more than 50 of all pregnancies are unintended and half of the unintended pregnancies end in abortion, which is 1.5 million each year. What makes abortion so sensitive is that, many people consider it as murder of innocent human life. Many people also think it’s completely up to the parents to decide whether they want the baby or not. I think by considering the stage of fetus and condition of mother they should decide whether to allow her to have abortion or not so that illegal activities can be minimized.
In this paper I will be arguing about the topic that the government is intervening too much with abortion and it is the woman 's choice. In my opinion, I think that it is the woman 's choice to have an abortion if she chooses. In addition to that I don 't believe that a woman should just keep having abortions over and over again because after the first time they should think of preventing it better with birth control or just not having intercourse. After the first abortion, I think that it should be slightly harder to get another one unless there is good reasoning such as rape or they wouldn 't be able to physically go through giving birth.
Abortions are a huge controversial issue. While some are completely against abortions, others believe women have the right to choose what to do with their bodies. I believe women should have the opportunity to terminate a pregnancy for several reasons. The reasons being: women sometimes get caught into situations that’s hard to get out of and with the consequence of conceiving a child, abortion seems to be the only option. Another reason, would be the age factor; young women having unprotected sex, resulting in the conception of a child. Lastly, which seems to be the most powerful, financial difficulties. Because of the three reasonings, I firmly believe women all across the world should have the right to determine whether or not abortion
Many people are blinded by the tradition of when women cooked, cleaned, and cared for their children. They have not realized that the world is changing and is in need of change. Men have almost always had the higher authority in the world. Though only in recent times has the world changed to having women gain higher authority becoming equal with men. Women in this new era are finally starting to be recognized equally to men.
The second a baby is conceived, it can be considered a life form of a person. It marks the beginning of every individual that has ever lived. So why is it acceptable to open a time of everyone's life where being killed is acceptable. I will be arguing that abortion is not acceptable and that we need to take responsibility for our actions. However there is a justifiable reason to receive an abortion under certain circumstances.